Guardian Capital Partners has acquired a controlling interest in McCubbin Hosiery. Guardian partnered with the executive management team of McCubbin on this transaction. The existing managers will continue operating the company going forward. Headquartered in Oklahoma City, McCubbin Hosiery is a children’s and women’s hosiery platform with extensive
Baird Capital’s UK private equity group has invested GBP10.1m in Watkins Hire, a provider of industrial and commercial heating and cooling equipment rental. Watkins will use the funding to expand its rental fleet to support business growth and to invest in its engineering, operational and service infrastructure. As part
Private equity firm Resilience Capital Partners has acquired the direct sale business of G&K Services through its newly-formed platform company, Affinity Specialty Apparel. Affinity specialises in selling and distributing of occupational apparel and services, including the design, marketing and distribution of customised and off-the-shelf apparel collections to customers through managed
Investcorp has acquired a significant minority stake in Namet Gida Sanayi ve Ticareti, a Turkish producer of fresh cut and packaged processed red meat products. The company sells its products, including soujouk, pastrami, salami, sausages, smoked meats and frozen and ready to eat burgers, to retailers as well as hotels,
First Names group has acquired Guernsey trust, funds and corporate services provider Mercator. The acquisition of Mercator, which remains subject to regulatory approval, will expand the group’s presence in the Channel Islands. This is the fourth acquisition for the group since its management buyout in July 2012 and major
August Equity has closed its latest fund, August Equity Partners III, having reached its hard cap of GBP200m. August Equity has already completed two investments from the fund, both of which were completed in off-market transactions. In September 2013 it acquired Minerva Education, an operator of independent day schools
Private equity firm American Industrial Partners (AIP) has completed the acquisition of the transportation products division (CTP) of Carlisle Companies Incorporated. The investment was made out of American Industrial Partners Capital Fund V, a USD717.5m fund that closed in December 2011. CTP, founded in 1917, is a manufacturer of
Private equity fund Estancia Capital Partners has closed on its strategic growth capital investment in Snowden Capital Advisors. Snowden represents Estancia’s fourth investment from its inaugural fund Estancia Capital Partners, L.P. Terms of the investment have not been disclosed. Snowden is a nationally branded, open-architecture, hybrid SEC registered investment
Falconhead Capital, a private equity firm specialising in growing sports and consumer-focused businesses, has sold its portfolio company NYDJ Apparel to Crestview Partners and Maybrook Capital Partners. Financial terms of the transaction have not been disclosed. Headquartered in Vernon, California, NYDJ offers a range of products to women. Under
Keensight Capital has acquired a majority stake in Smile, a European open source solutions specialist, alongside the firm’s management and its historic investor, Edmond de Rothschild Investment Partners. Founded 20 years ago, Smile has become over the last ten years a key player in the open source market in Europe,
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